Tricycle Talks: The Mindful Way to Kick a Craving

The second of the four noble truths teaches that craving leads to suffering. But that would be obvious to anyone struggling with addiction.

Psychiatrist Judson Brewer, who is the director of research at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, brings mindfulness practice to the treatment of addiction. He has found in his research that mindfulness meditation actually quiets a network in the brain that lights up when we think of ourselves in the past or future, when we have cravings, and when we feel anxious.